March, 2007

• 19 March

  Gov’t Defends Rights of Iranian Citizens Everywhere in World

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Iranian government supports Iranian nationals residing abroad and defends their rights everywhere in the world.

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• 19 March

  Iran and Armenia to Open Gas Link Monday

  Iran and Armenia will inaugurate a new gas pipeline between the two neighbors tomorrow.

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• 19 March

  Pakistan PM Wants Iran Gas Project Finalized

  Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the proposed gas pipeline along Iran, Pakistan, and India, also referred to as the IPI ‘peace pipeline’, is an important component of his country’s energy plans.

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• 19 March

  Ahmadinejad Expected to Address UNSC

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to address the UN Security Council before it votes on a resolution that would impose new sanctions against his country’s nuclear activities.

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• 19 March

  Ivanov Warns against Meddling in Iran Affairs

  Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov issued a veiled warning to Washington not to exploit Iran’s nuclear issue and meddle in Tehran’s political affairs.

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• 18 March

  Essar in Talks to Develop Iran Oilfield

  India’s Essar Group is in talks with Iran to develop the giant Azadegan oilfield, where a deal with a Japanese firm ended last year, to ensure fuel for a planned refinery and steel plant in the Islamic nation.

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• 18 March

  1 child killed in Kandahar suicide blast

  A suicide bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed a child and wounded a NATO soldier and three other people Saturday in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The bomber rammed his explosives-packed vehicle into a passing military convoy on the main highway linking the southern city of Kandahar with Herat in …

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• 18 March

  Bush threatens to veto Iraq monies

  WASHINGTON – US President George W. Bush on Saturday threatened to veto emergency money for Iraq and Afghanistan if it includes measures aimed at forcing a US withdrawal or unrelated domestic spending. “Congress needs to approve emergency funding for our troops, without strings and without delay. If they send me …

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• 17 March

  LAF boosts security around Palestinian camp near Tripoli

  Lebanese troops on Saturday set up checkpoints and searched cars going in and out of a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli where a militant group blamed for last month’s deadly bus bombings is based, camp residents and military officials said.

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• 17 March

  Masked gunmen fired on a UN convoy

  Masked gunmen fired on a UN convoy yesterday on Gaza’s main north-south highway after trying to kidnap a high ranking official from one of the vehicles.

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